December 23, 2007

• Web 3.0

  (This is a thought I wanted to post since Dec of 2006.)

  My prediction for web 3.0 is a shift from the knowledge of the many to the knowledge of the wise.  Wisdom of the crowds?  Only the right crowd.  Lets look at what happened with the world of web 2.0.

  • Blogs.  Lets face it.  Most people’s writing isn’t all that interesting.  More walls and superpokes.
  • Wikipedia is already restricting access to many articles due to vandalism.
  • Youtube.  How many of the top  videos are homemade ?  I only see three home videos out of sixteen at Youtube’s most viewed videos of the week.

  (Its the same with reality TV shows.  If you didn’t know, that’s scripted too.)

  I see a future where trusted users (humans or AI), those who have earned credibility with the community, contribut the majority of the new web content.  If you’re interested in web 3.0 startups, start figuring out ways to attract trusted users to contribute content.

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